Shadow warriors : daring missions of World War II by women of the OSS and SOE
Thomas, Gordon, 1933-2018
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'The Shadow Warriors' is a look at the women of the UK and US secret service branches during World War II. These were women of enormous cunning and strength of will, and the Shadow Warriors' stories have remained untold until now. In a dramatically different tale of espionage and conspiracy in World War II, this book unveils the history of the courageous women who volunteered to work behind enemy lines in Nazi Occupied Europe. Sent by United States' OSS and Britain's SOE into Occupied Europe, these brave women wove a web of resistance groups across the continent. Their extraordinary heroism, initiative, and resourcefulness contributed to the Allied breakout of the Normandy beachheads and even infiltrated Nazi Germany at the height of the war, into the very heart of Hitler's citadel - Berlin.
Main title:
Shadow warriors : daring missions of World War II by women of the OSS and SOE / Gordon Thomas, Greg Lewis.
Author:
Thomas, Gordon, 1933-, authorLewis, Greg, 1968-, author
Imprint:
Stroud : Amberley, 2018.
Collation:
xx, 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2016.Includes QR code.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781445682815 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.548641940.5486
LC class:
D810.S7
Language:
English
Subject:
Great Britain. Special Operations ExecutiveUnited States. Office of Strategic ServicesWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great BritainWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United StatesWomen spies -- Great BritainWomen spies -- United StatesWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, FemaleWarfare and Defence
BRN:
2246962
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